Installation, exhibited at NZ Fringe Festival (2015), Light Nelson Festival (2016) Taupō Winter Festival (2017)
CHICKEN WIRE, NO. 8 WIRE, FISHING LINE, SHELLS, RUBBISH FROM WELLINGTON COASTLINES
The sea creature elevated in the night sky represents all sea life. Somewhere between a whale, fish and dolphin, and suggestive of a school of fish or a flock of birds flying overhead, she represents our marine life, our environment and everything that goes into our sea, inextricably linked.
Scales of Sunlight draws attention to the beauty that exists in nature, our coastlines and of the marine life within our harbour. Strung on the wire frame are a mixture of shells and rubbish collected from the Wellington coastline through various clean-ups organised by Sustainable Coastlines. The juxtaposition of the natural material of the shells, against the wire skeleton and the found rubbish used to create the faux-shells highlights the fact that, living by the coast, we need to protect our waterways and the life within. What goes into the water and what comes out of the water have to be aligned, and what appears natural is often anything but.
Photography by David Goldthorpe
CHICKEN WIRE, NO. 8 WIRE, FISHING LINE, SHELLS, RUBBISH FROM WELLINGTON COASTLINES
The sea creature elevated in the night sky represents all sea life. Somewhere between a whale, fish and dolphin, and suggestive of a school of fish or a flock of birds flying overhead, she represents our marine life, our environment and everything that goes into our sea, inextricably linked.
Scales of Sunlight draws attention to the beauty that exists in nature, our coastlines and of the marine life within our harbour. Strung on the wire frame are a mixture of shells and rubbish collected from the Wellington coastline through various clean-ups organised by Sustainable Coastlines. The juxtaposition of the natural material of the shells, against the wire skeleton and the found rubbish used to create the faux-shells highlights the fact that, living by the coast, we need to protect our waterways and the life within. What goes into the water and what comes out of the water have to be aligned, and what appears natural is often anything but.
Photography by David Goldthorpe
NZ Fringe Festival
NZ Fringe Festival
Light Nelson
Fully solar-powered
Taupoō Winter Festival
